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0 pointsest10y ago0 comments

Earlier Spotify desktop client was a state of art. 2 megabytes, every function works seamlessly.

It's developed by the same author of original uTorrent, Ludvig Strigeu.

Nowadays, Spotify kinda bloats with cef and funny feeling HTML5 UI.

Trivia: Ludvig Strigeus also developed Spotiamp http://news.spotify.com/us/2013/12/20/spotiamp-long-live-the...

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icebraining10y ago· 3 in thread

uT was a good client, but it pales in comparison to his other project, OpenTTD.

lucaspiller10y ago

Actually all he really* did for OpenTTD was disassemble the original TTD into C, which became the first version of OpenTTD. He left in the early 0.x stages of OpenTTD.

*Ok it's still an epic task :)

SmellyGeekBoy10y ago

Wow, TIL that the same guy wrote uTorrent, Spotify and OpenTTD. His Wikipedia page informs me he was behind ScummVM as well! That's an impressive portfolio.

72deluxe10y ago

Very interesting! OpenTTD is truly great, and a program that I will always remember for giving me a crick in the neck whilst playing on it all weekend (on a tiny netbook).

drsounds10y ago· 2 in thread

I loved the old client, I want it back as much I want my deceased mother come back to life, I really loved that program. It worked so smooth on my crappy laptop I had before.

uniclaude10y ago

That's... a disturbingly strong statement! I'm sorry for your loss, and I really want to try this old client now.

Domenic_S10y ago

> I loved the old client, I want it back as much I want my deceased mother come back to life, I really loved that program.

Holy crap, that is quite a claim!

dkns10y ago

Yes! I remember when they introduced new client. I was less than impressed. I think the new one is built on chromium or at least uses it partially as base.

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